From: Eliot Moss <moss@cs.umass.edu>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Ability to specify /cygdrive mount value in setup
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2015 16:50:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5655E098.7060808@cs.umass.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5655DA23.1090908@gmail.com>
On 11/25/2015 10:56 AM, cyg Simple wrote:
> I find /cygdrive/ just unbearable and I always change it to / after an
> install. The issue with this is that post install activities will
> create symlinks using /cygdrive moniker so I must go change those if I
> find them. Would it be possible for setup to ask for the value and
> setup the /etc/fstab with the value? Do others find this bit of annoying?
I just create symlinks so that in the cygwin universe /c means /cygdrive/c,
etc. So, not a link of /, but individual links for the drives I use.
These survive updates, anyway. It's been a long time since I've wiped
everything and installed from scratch, though. If that's what you're
talking about, then my suggestion would not be helpful ...
Regards -- Eliot Moss
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-11-25 16:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-11-25 16:24 cyg Simple
2015-11-25 16:50 ` Eliot Moss [this message]
2015-11-25 17:39 ` Andrey Repin
2015-11-25 19:17 ` Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]
2015-11-25 18:51 ` Roger Wells
2015-11-25 19:06 Charlie
2015-11-25 20:35 ` Andrey Repin
2015-11-25 21:01 ` cyg Simple
2015-11-25 22:44 ` Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]
2015-11-26 13:52 ` Corinna Vinschen
2015-11-26 18:06 ` Achim Gratz
2015-11-26 20:08 ` Corinna Vinschen
2015-11-29 18:25 ` cyg Simple
2015-11-29 20:15 ` cyg Simple
2015-12-06 9:47 ` Achim Gratz
2015-12-06 14:10 ` Corinna Vinschen
2015-12-06 14:28 ` Achim Gratz
2015-12-06 17:01 ` cyg Simple
2015-12-06 17:16 ` Achim Gratz
2015-12-06 17:12 ` Achim Gratz
2015-12-06 19:02 ` Corinna Vinschen
2015-12-06 19:07 ` Achim Gratz
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